Corey Foster's family to sue next week in teen's death

2:04 PM,
Nov. 8, 2012

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Sheila Foster plans to walk into court herself next week to file a lawsuit against Leake & Watts residential treatment center, accusing the Yonkers agency and four of its staffers of causing her son Corey's death in a gymnasium.

"We're suing them for negligence, wrongful death, failure to render aid and assistance, and recklessness," the family's lawyer, Jacob Oresky, told The Journal News/LoHud.com today. "We're seeking compensatory and punitive damages because we feel there was such recklessness in the way they handled this situation, and an underlying lack of supervision, that ...